Judy’s Number Game – #59

And the number is, 180:

All carvings this time around, but not only mine:

1.) The first one is mine. Periodically, I’ll carve a bunch of small pieces like this for small signs, box decorations, or fridge magnets. They are good practice and fun to carve.

2.) I paid a dollar or two for this at a yard sale. I’s excellently carved, almost certainly European and in European walnut. Someone was practicing carving the acanthus leaf.

3.) My friend, Louis Charpentier could carve anything out of anything. Every year he had a gigantic Nativity scene in his front yard. It was all carved from white styrofoam, glued together and painted.

4.) One of a pair of Boarding Planks that line the gangway of the USS Constitution, carver unknown. I’ve carved the design frequently for other purposes.

5.)This little fantasy ship is one of my favorites. I carved it many years ago from a drop-dead gorgeous piece of Allegany cherry.

6.) I carved these flower pins for my wife early in our marriage. I was fooling around with some maple scraps, and there they were.